28 February, 2017

Tendre Adolescente (1987)

AKA:
La prima esperienza >> Italian
Zarte Knospen >> German

Synopsis:
An older adolescent girl has a number of sexual adventures in France, then moves on to Montreal and New York, there finding erotic pleasure, love and danger. Flashbacks place our heroine at approximately eight years of age and perhaps suggest that her promiscuous nature has been inspired by her father's incestuous advances towards her.

Starring:
Loretta Lowe
Chuck Ballinger
Isa Pigot

Director: Claude Pierson (as André Marchand)

14 February, 2017

Unknown (2011)


Synopsis:
A biochemist and his dishy wife arrive in Berlin for a conference at which a scientist and his controversial Arab funder will announce breakthrough research. While his wife checks into the hotel, he grabs a cab to return to the airport for his briefcase, left at the curb. En route, an auto accident puts him in a coma, from which he awakes four days later without identification and with gaps in his memory. He goes to the hotel: his wife refuses to recognize him and another man has claimed his identity. With help from a nurse, the cab driver, a retired Stasi agent, and an academic friend, he tries to unravel what's going on.

Starsring:
Liam Neeson
Diane Kruger
January Jones

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

13 February, 2017

Triple 9 (2016)

Synopsis:
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, triggering a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge.

Starring:
Casey Affleck
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Anthony Mackie

Director: John Hillcoat